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141. Virginia Oral Health Workforce Gap Assessment
Date: Dec 2023

Report describing challenges in ensuring that all Virginians have equitable access oral healthcare, and offering an actionable framework for addressing them. Features statistics on the Virginia oral healthcare workforce, including numbers of dentists and dental hygienists, numbers of dentists treating Medicaid patients by year from 2012-2022, and a map showing dental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Includes information about the Virginia state loan repayment program for eligible providers.

...Health Catalyst Tagged as Access · Community health workers · Dental workforce · Health workforce shortage designations · Health...

142. Supervision Manual for Promotor(a) de Salud Programs
Date: Jul 2017

Provides basic guidelines for personnel management to supervisors of Promotor(a) de Salud programs. Covered topics include recruiting and hiring, orientation and training, supervision, and challenges.

...supervision, and challenges. Date 07/2017 Type Document Organization MHP Salud Tagged as Community health workers...

143. Access to Oral Health Workforce Report: Part II
Date: Jan 2023

Evaluates and discusses patient access to oral healthcare in Pennsylvania. Provides demographic and well-being information, and analysis of variables affecting workforce outcomes and access to care. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.

...Health Tagged as Access · Community health workers · Dental workforce · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health workforce...

144. Tennessee Rural Health Care Task Force: Improving Rural Health Care Across Tennessee
Date: Jun 2023

Report from the Tennessee Rural Health Care Task Force. Offers recommendations to the state in the areas of access to care, workforce development, and social drivers of health. Discusses rural health research and advocacy, health insurance, telemedicine, workforce training, grants and loans, and more.

...health. Discusses rural health research and advocacy, health insurance, telemedicine, workforce training, grants and loans, and more. Author(s) Morgan McDonald, David Dill Date 06/2023 Type Document Tagged as Access · Community health workers...

145. HERO: New Mexico's Health Extension as a Model for Primary Care Transformation
Date: Apr 2015

Describes the benefits and lessons learned of a New Mexico state-wide primary care improvement infrastructure program - Health Extension Rural Offices (HERO) - to address social determinants of health. Through the use of extension agents (HEROs) information about patient centered medical homes (PCMH) and university resources was provided to 34 participating small primary care clinics of which half were rural. Program was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation (IMPaCT) Grants.

...Tagged as Community health workers · Medical homes · Primary care · Social determinants of health · New Mexico...

146. Border Models of Excellence Compendium
Date: 2003

Recognizes the community-based health programs and initiatives along the United States-Mexico border that have made great strides in improving the health and well-being of communities along either side of the U.S.-Mexico border.

...health and well-being of communities along either side of the U.S.-Mexico border. Date 2003 Type Document Organization United States-México Border Health Commission Tagged as Community health workers...

147. Prevention and Health Promotion among Vulnerable Populations on the U.S.-México Border: Synthesis Report
Date: Oct 2013

Summarizes the findings from six regional United States–Mexico Border Health Commission stakeholder planning meetings organized by the New Mexico Department of Health Office of Border Health and the California Department of Public Health Office of Binational Border Health. The objective of these meetings was to collect information from agencies and organizations that provide health and human services, and/or advocate for improving access to these services for at risk populations on the U.S. side of the U.S.–Mexico border region.

...Health Commission Tagged as Access · Community health workers · Hispanic or Latino · Networking and collaboration · Policy...

148. Access to Health Care in the U.S.-México Border Region: Challenges and Opportunities
Date: Nov 2014

Identifies ways in which the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission and other interested organizations can increase healthcare access for border populations in the U.S. Compares provisions of health reform in both countries to recognize potential binational public health collaborations. Discusses the socioeconomic challenges in healthcare access and the enrollment gaps in health insurance offered through the market place.

...health insurance offered through the market place. Date 11/2014 Type Document Organization United States-México Border Health Commission Tagged as Access · Community health workers...

149. Notes from the Field: Development of an Enhanced Community-Focused COVID-19 Surveillance Program — Hopi Tribe, June‒July 2020
Date: Nov 2020

Describes a collaboration between the Hopi Tribe Department of Health and Human Services, Hopi Health Care Center, and CDC to provide house-to-house COVID-19 surveillance and education in a rural, low-resource setting using community health representatives and volunteers.

...Native · Community health workers · Infectious diseases · Public health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Arizona...

150. Improving Access to Primary Care for Underserved Populations: A Review of Findings from Five Case Studies and Recommendations
Date: Nov 2023

Summarizes and synthesizes the findings from a series of five case studies that explored the impact of policy initiatives that aim to improve access to primary care. Covers increasing the availability of primary care providers, improving underserved communities' access to outpatient clinics, removing structural barriers to care, making primary care affordable, and improving comfort and communication between providers and patients. Presents recommendations for federal and state policymakers, primary care practices, medical schools, and other relevant stakeholders. Includes rural examples and considerations throughout.

...Health Insurance Reforms, Milbank Memorial Fund, National Institute for Health Care Reform Tagged as Community health workers...